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Doncaster

England · Yorkshire and The Humber — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

561
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
473
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
74
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
74
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
14
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Doncaster ranks #56 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.7% of England's supported caseload — 18.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 308,103 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

775030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 70330 Sep 2023 — 77531 Dec 2023 — 69031 Mar 2024 — 66830 Jun 2024 — 68830 Sep 2024 — 69131 Dec 2024 — 67631 Mar 2025 — 66730 Jun 2025 — 68230 Sep 2025 — 66531 Dec 2025 — 65831 Mar 2026 — 561
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Doncaster, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 20% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

308,103
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
10.4%
born outside the UK (32,116)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (5,037)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Doncaster has received 23 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 (none in the last four published quarters).

four quarters to 2026 Q1, and cumulative since 2014 · source

Ranked nearby

Support counts are a point-in-time snapshot by registered address; contingency sites open and close between quarters. Census figures are from March 2021 and predate arrivals since. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

Data as of

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